February 2015 Babies

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Sling recall -vs- baby wrap

SoniaCN wrote:

Hi Ladies,

I've been doing research on baby carriers and was leaning towards a sling. I'm now seeing that slings are not the best bet for new borns, and there have been several recalls due to suffocation.

What are your thoughts on this? Have any of you had experience with baby wraps instead, and, if so, what do you thinking about them? I want to know so that I can take that sling off my baby registry ASAP! Thank you!!!

Personally, I wouldn't trust a sling. Babies are very fragile, they can't have their chin pressed against chest or they could suffocate. That's my biggest fear with using a sling. I've bought a boba wrap and it seems a lot safer. Baby is in an upright position and close to you so you can see if you need to adjust the babies head.

Ring slings are perfectly safe. Pouch slings are problematic because they are not adjustable and extremely difficult to fit properly. Your weight and baby's weight both change rapidly, so it's crazy to use a non-adjustable sling.

I think that the majority of babies who have passed away in slings were in an incorrect position (chin to their chest restricting airflow) or are in a position that is not for a newborn. If done correctly, slings can be safe for newborns. Having said all of that, I personally wouldn't use a sling until baby has better neck control just because of the fatalities. I actually know someone personally whose baby died in a sling because she slid down too far and her mother thought she was sleeping. It was tragic. I'm going the wrap route for a newborn

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spiffybaby04

Here is a tip, if you ever see those slings from infantino for sale cheap, get it and go online and you can send it back (they pay shipping) and you can get a mei tai carrier :)

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kerribeari

I loved my Moby. I've already posted a whole bunch about the Moby, but I seriously loved it that much that I'll do their advertising for them for free. The Ergo was good for short baby-wearing, like in a grocery store. The wrap was hard to use for about thirty seconds, until I watched a few videos about how to wrap. Then it was easy and amazing. I still occasionally use my Moby today, at 17 months (in a side-carry position, of course!).

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Amazon_135

The previous posters were right - sling issues were all due to the bag style slings - ring slings are perfectly safe and work a lot like a wrap in terms of how baby is positioned, but are a lot less pain in the butt.

I used a Moby with my first and sort of loved it. What I loved was baby wearing. BUT first of all you have to wrap it. Then, if it is too tight or loose once the baby is in, you have to take the baby back out and untie it to make it tighter or looser - wash, rinse, repeat. Then, if you put it on when you leave the house and just wear it all day and put baby in/out when needed (best option for bad weather), the knot is SUPER uncomfortable when sitting down or in the car - esp if tied in the back (same with mei tai). Also, as DD got older I had to stop using it because I could never get the Moby to wrap correctly for a side/hip carry.

For this baby I bought a Maya Wrap ring sling and LOVE it already. You just throw it over your head to put it on, it's easy to adjust in the fly, comfortable to wear in the car/while sitting, totally secure (positions are all the same as with my Moby) - and I've been using it a bunch already to hip carry with DD.

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